Our contractor removed over 1000 board feet of 1940 vintage Southern Yellow Pine from the roof which was used as sheathing and the attic floor.
We made a decision to reuse the wood as the ceiling in the great room and the dining area.
Pat and I removed all of the nails and we planed it for the first time to about 1-inch in thickness. I am now in the process of planning to 7/8-inch and running the board through the table saw to size to 4-½, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9-inch as appropriate.
We needed to get some trees trimmed so
the oyster reef and newly planted grasses would get some much needed sunlight. While John was there we decided to remove 
some additional tress that were on out list including the two hollies by the front door.
The garden is beginning to deliver crops, we have been eating Arugula, Egg Plant, Yellow Squash and zucchini, and tomatoes.
While cutting the grass I noticed that the two mature Blue Berry bushes on the east side of the garage appear to be two different varieties. Not sure of the actual variety, will require a bit of detective work but you can see the difference in the blossoms.
We have placed the flooring strategically around the house ready for installation.
We have opted to have a contractor install to save out 60= year old knees.
The floor refinishing was completed today with the final coat of Bona Traffic finish applied. Now sever days to cure completely so the furniture will go back on or about January 29.
We finished the majority of the bead-board paneling today, only 2 small pieces yet to be applied tomorrow. We were able to rehang the cabinets and got the kitchen pretty much squared away, we sill have to reinstall the cabinet doors and add a small pice of sheet rock and hardi-board behind the sink.
Hopefully we can move the majority of the tools back to the garage.
The next project is to fabricate beams for the ceiling and install beard board on the ceiling. The granite people are coming on 1/20 to measure and on 1/29 to install them we subway tile the west wall and call the kitchen complete. Oh I forgot the floors still need to installed, hopefully by others. We do have the floor in the garage.
We leveled the cabinets on the west side of the kitchen in preparation for the measurement of the granite. We removed the old double bowl sink and mounted the new stainless steel Farm House sink. The sink base cabinet needed to be cut and modified and I made adjustable sides so the sink can be installed level with the granite. Next step is to install the garbage disposal and re-plumb the drain. The faucet will be installed and reinstalled when the granite arrives.
Tomorrow; garbage disposal, faucet, meet with bunkie designer, frame out the window and reinstall the window sill.
Photos coming